Hello, I've been visiting great Britain for a few days last week and eventually found this 2 pounds from circulation, lucky I was. Now, I imagine, as most of the 2 pounds available are the bimetallic ones, that a young chap, desperate for money to get his chocolate bar or glass of coke thought : " Hu, dad's (mum's) collection might be of any use this time". What do you folks think of that ? Do you often find these from circulation ? Thanks for looking Cucumbor
They are still legal tender, but only really if you swap them in banks. People on ebay pay like, 50% more than face for one even though they're not particularly rare. This design is my favorite of all the old £2 coin versions.
This looks like the appropriate place to revive, for my find. Either someone cracked it out of a set, or it got mixed in with circulation coins and ended up in a roll. Now it stays with me... http://www.talismancoins.com/servlet/Detail?no=1432 Our mint circulation rolls look like this, clear plastic wrap...
Those wraps are nice for us, kinda sucky for you. The silvers don't stand out for you guys like they do us. They pop-out surrounded by all clads in those wrappers.
I handle quite a bit of change with two store fronts, so I still see it from time to time. Even wheaties are getting few and far between down here. Haven't pulled one in weeks.
interesting, did you notice the obverse is different then the one posted on talismancoins, yours has beads around the queen & no mintmark
Two Quid for a candy bar/coke? Guess I'll stay home can't afford to visit at these prices. Kids have looted parent's collections since we started them,hope the tax deduction covers the losses. Lock them up period!
=> torontokuba, that's a sweet bonus-find (those babies are going for $15 at Colonial Acres ... so that's x 60 times face-value) => nice freebie!!
